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MRS. CHARLES WILDER GLASS 






Copyrisht by 

MRS. CHARLES WILDER CLASS 
1912 


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DEDICATION 


It gives me great pleasure to dedicate this book to all my 
readers. I also dedicate it to my dear father and mother, 
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Perkins. To my two brothers and three 
sweet, lovely sisters ; to my dear friends Dr. Willard P. Burke 
and his brother, Dr. Benjamin Franklin Burke and his only 
son, Willard Franklin Burke, and only daughter, Millie 
Burke. To my husband, Charles Wilder Glass, and to my 
only child, Jennie May Glass. All these dear souls have been 
a great comfort and blessing to me. In my darkest hours 
they have thrown their sacred influence around me. I dearly 
love all these and many hundreds of others. I wish I could 
express in this little book my love for all humanity. May 
my daughter be as great a blessing to the world as she is 
to her father and mother. My earnest prayer is, 

May God protect her. 

Love be true to her, 

Joy draw near to her, 

Home a joy to her, 

Health stay close to her, 

Life be dear to her. 

Wealth find what you can do for her; 

Search your treasure house thro and thro for her. 

May God and His dear angels, and our loving 
Saviour guide her steps forever, is my prayer. 


PREFACE. 


I am a Catholic-Psychic, and believe in the Holy Catholic 
Church, the communion of Saints (this is a fact to me for 
I have often seen my saints and heard them), the forgive- 
ness of all sins, the resurrection of the body and life ever- 
lasting. I write this little book to prove man an immortal 
being, to comfort all those that suffer. My saints have proven 
to me there is no death. I long to prove this to my dear 
readers, for it is a fact. May this little book always be a com- 
fort and blessing to you. May all my dear readers have 
this same beautiful experience ; all learn for themselves life 
is immortal, life is beautiful. Please earnestly investigate 
and find this fact out for yourselves — I did. If you will go 
into the silence every other night and pray, then be calm, 
very quiet, relax the mind and body, in a short time you 
will see or hear, or feel some of your loved ones, as I have 
seen and heard them. After you have heard these sweet 
heavenly voices, or have seen the dear faces of your loved 
ones, please tell the world these beautiful facts, as our sweet 
saint Jeanne d’Arc did; we can all write and teach facts now 
without being burned alive. “As freely as ye receive freely 
give.” 

Dear readers, this little romance is founded on facts. All 
journeys to other stars are true. The names are fictitious. 
The gist of this story is all true. It is wicked to write a lie, 
even in a novel. This book is written to inspire more love 
for each other. May we all love one another more, comfort 
others as our Saviour and His angels have loved us. As you 
read this book please remember I love you all dearly. God 
rules and watches over you ; He sends your loved ones to 
comfort and protect you. Please try to always bear this 
in mind, and may you always be happy and contented. If 
you wish to develope your souls, and keep in harmony with 
God, you must keep sweet, cheerful, prayerful, and love one 
another. Love, Divine love, is the secret of salvation. So 
pray for love, peace and happiness. 


THE AUTHOR. 


CHAPTER 1. 


'Tis heaven alone that is given away; 

’Tis only God may be had for the asking. 

— Lowell. 

It was a lovely twilight evening at Lytton Springs, India. 
These famous springs were very high up in the Araville hills ; 
Mandavee was the nearest city, situated on a small island 
in the Arabian sea. The great red sun was slowly sinking 
as the bells were ringing the Angelus from an ancient Hindoo 
temple. The sacred chimes pealed forth melodiously, the 
sweet sounds echoing forth the harmony of those bells. In- 
side of this ancient temple sweet incense was burning on a 
beautiful golden altar. A dark, handsome prince and his 
family were praying around this sacred altar. Here they 
would often see beautiful visions of angels and their loved 
ones who had died in this same faith years ago. This faith 
was a strange, mysterious, mythical religion, handed down 
from the ancient Indians. It was a mixture of Catholicism 
and Hindooism. The Prince and his family were highly edu- 
cated and great musicians ; they were all great Psychics, and 
often spent hours in this old temple praying. They lived in 
constant communion with their saints, who constantly 
watched over them and protected them. At the other side 
of this altar a strange veiled princess was silently praying. 
After sunset they all left the temple with bowed heads. 
They went to their summer homes in the hills. Sita, the 
Prince’s only daughter, felt sorry for the lonely stranger 
and invited her to their lovely home in the mountains. 

“May I ask the name of my lovely hostess?” asked the 
lonely stranger. 

“My name is Sita, dear. My father is Prince Cresto. We 
spend our summers here in these lovely mountains. Won’t 
you please come home and spend the evening with us?’’ 


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‘‘I, too, am a princess from Southern Egypt. My name is 
Princess Kezia. If you love me, just call me Kez for short.'" 

“I fell in love with you at first sight, Kez. Please come and 
dine with us this evening. Come just as you are!’" 

“I will, dear Sita, for the hotel seems so far away. Sita, 
what a dear, lovely home you have way up here in the hills.” 

“Father and mother, this is Princess Kezia. Kez, this is my 
father, Prince Cresto, and my mother. Princess Mara; this 
other young gentleman is my brother Persus; he has just 
graduated at Delhi as M. D., and now has charge of a large 
sanitarium here at Lytton Springs. Kez, he is also a mental 
healer and many come just to get well mentally. He has 
great success in healing the body through the mind. He and 
my father have a large class at the sanitarium just to de- 
velope the soul.” 

“Doctor,” said Princess Kezia, “I would love to join your 
class. I came to these hills just to develope the soul."" 

“Princess Kezia,” said the doctor, “we have a small class 
to meet here in our library tonight — some are here now. I 
will let you sit here in this big easy chair close to my own, 
so you will not be afraid.” 

In a few minutes the large library was filled with lovely, 
refined, highly educated people. The library was lighted up 
with many candles, held in lovely gold candlesticks. These 
lovely gold ornaments were handed down from one genera- 
tion to the other. 

These dear friends formed a circle with their chairs. They 
held each other’s hands, and sang and prayed, then all were 
silent for a few minutes. Suddenly there were many strange 
lights, the lights looked like stars; some had many colors. 
One light near the doctor and I was a soft blue, another red, 
another yellow. The blue light came close to me and grew 
larger and larger. I saw in this wonderful light a lovely 
angel, all in white. By this time my fear had left me. I 
looked up and asked her name. 

“My name is Hope, dear Kezia, I have been with you for 
years. Always loving and protecting you. It was I that 
influenced your mind to come here, just so your band of 
angels could develope you. Kezia, dear, are you willing 
that we should?” 

“Yes, Hope, I am very anxious.” 

In order to learn we must study hard, and get in perfect 
harmony with our Father, who is all mind. We get into 
harmony by work, by prayer, and doing His Divine will. 
Prayer without works is in vain. Great love to others brings 


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great reward. My dear, keep very busy and cheerful. Take 
better care of your health; illness, melancholy, and idleness 
is the cause of most crime, sorrow and suicide. All rich 
should hire more help, study more, encourage universal farm- 
ing — farming is a beautiful art. A lovely home on a perfect 
little farm is heaven on earth. Kezia, dear child, I must let 
others talk now. Try to remember every word that is taught 
in class by these dear angels.” 

Another bright angel of light spoke next. He was a tall 
gentleman, over six foot, wearing long flowing robes. 

‘'Dear friends, all honest work is beautiful and elevating. 
We should encourage and uplift all work. In Venus, where 
I live, farming is the most popular art; a farmer is just as 
good as his banker, he should be treated so by all classes. 
All farmers should be highly educated, and go into the very 
best society. In all higher planets, farmers are the aristocrats ; 
they are all true Christians and live up to the Golden Rule. 
In seeking real happiness we must first realize we are all 
one universal family; all part of God, all made in the image 
of God. We are all Divine, as long as we keep in harmony 
with Our Father. We must say, ‘Thy will be done,’ before 
we are His children. We can’t live without Him. It is 
getting late and you all need sleep. We will repeat the 
Lord’s prayer and retire.” 

Princess Mara put her arms around Kezia and invited 
her to stay all night. “Kez, you may sleep with my daughter, 
so you will not get nervous.” 

Sita and I slept soundly until sunrise. 


CHAPTER II. 


All God’s angels will say, '‘Well done!” 

Whenever thy mortal race is run. 

White and forgiven, 

Thou’lt enter heaven 
And pass, unchallenged, the Golden Gate, 

Where welcoming spirits watch and wait 
To hail thy coming with sweet accord 
To the Holy City of God the Lord.” 

The next morning I heard these words sung by the family 
in the library downstairs. I heard Prince Cresto’s rich tenor 
above the rest. They kept on singing in perfect harmony 
as I went down stairs. The doctor met me in the big hall 
and invited me in to family prayers at sunrise. After this 
sacred service was over, I said good bye to my new friends 
and walked quickly to my room at the hotel. I promised 
Dr. Persus to go back the next evening to another class. 

I spent most of that day roaming those lovely Araville hills, 
and praying in the old temple. 

Twilight found me again at the home of Princess Mara. 
This lovely mother was very tall and dark, also having dark 
brown hair. As I entered the door she held out both slender 
hands to welcome me. Prince Cresto and she invited me to 
stay with them as their guest that summer. After studying 
the matter over I consented. Sita called us all to supper. I 
was surprised at this simple repast; dates, nuts and grape 
juice was all that was served. This was served on a lovely 
hardwood table inlaid with pearls and white ivory. A lovely 
large butterfly was carved in the center of this expensive 
old table; the buterfly was made of pure gold and silver, all 
filigreed in this beautiful hardwood. The eyes of this won- 
derful golden butterfly were two bright red rubies. My 
surprise and delight was great happiness to me. 

“Doctor, what a beautiful and wonderful buterfly!” 


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“Yes, Princess Kezia, we had it inlaid there, for it is an 
emblem of immortality.” 

“We only eat a light supper, so we can develope our souls. 
We could not see clairvoyantly if we ate too much. We 
only eat two meals a day, morning and evening. Instead 
of eating at noon we rest and pray, as they did of old.” 

After supper was over the doctor offered me his arm and 
we all went to class again. It was about the same as the 
night before; only there was more music, and the angels 
sang with us, and their sweet voices were so perfect that for 
a moment I thought I was in heaven. O ! such music there 
among the flowers and trees, by the hillside ! Their sweet 
voices sang in harmony with the beautiful pale, golden moon- 
light. No sunlight was ever so beautiful as this to me! 
After the music had ceased we were all silent again. Prince 
Cresto’s guardian angel spoke tonight. His name was Eno, 
and he came from Neptune. Eno was over six feet in height; 
he had large, soulful blue eyes, and light brown hair. His 
hair was heavy and wavy and seemed about two inches 
in length ; it was parted on the left side, just as he used to 
wear it in earth-life. 

“My dear brothers and sisters, I was the poor priest that 
laid the corner stone to your temple,” he said. “I was killed 
in a war — religious war — against the Jews. We never think 
of war now, we know it is a sin to even think a wrong. We 
just love one another and are perfectly happy. In Neptune 
we teach all how to be happy. Our first duty there is to love 
one another and be happy. We have great, broad and mas- 
sive temples there to worship the Lord and His Holy Angels 
in. On Sabbath we all pray and sing the same as you do 
here. There all practice just what they preach. In Neptune 
our sermons and prayers are very short and our songs very 
long. The hymns at first would remind you of a grand opera, 
only a great deal nicer. All their splendid sweet voices have 
been trained for years and years before they can sing in 
those wonderful temples. Even in Neptune we find talent is 
only the result of hard work. All learn to sing there sooner 
or later. 

“In all the country towns there are many smaller temples 
where all sing lovely. It is at the capitol where these glorious 
songs are heard. All can go to hear them if they wish ; 
church music is always free to all. Our church doors are 
never closed. It is selfish to close them. In many of the 
other stars we teach God is immortal and independent with- 
out us. God can destroy all that He has created, and live 


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on forever and ever without us. Hence we should be grateful, 
prayerful, humble, and Christlike, and always happy in serv- 
ing God. We should place great value on our physical bodies, 
for it is the temple of our souls. If our bodies are perfect, 
it is easy to get in perfect harmony with our Creator. Life 
should be all ecstacy! Life is beautiful on earth or any other 
planet. I enjoy life with all my soul — we all should. 

‘‘What a divine privilege of having the sweet pleasure 
of loving all humanity as our dear Saviour did. I know He 
loves us now more than ever. How beautiful to know He 
still loves us. As we love our Father He loves us. You and 
I know there is no death. I know I was once your priest; 
now I am your servant from another star. I only come 
back to help and serve. I will give you a few plans to lay 
up treasures in heaven, and give you greater happiness here. 
It is more beautiful to adopt children instead of dogs, cats, 
and monkeys. They can hunt their living in the woods, our 
dear little ones are helpless. Each little orphan has hundreds 
of good intelligent souls from heaven to guide it. Angels 
protect you a thousand fold as soon as you adopt a helpless 
child. Our Saviour said, ‘Feed my sheep, if one little lamb 
is an outcast or lost on the rugged hillside, let the other 
ninety and nine run quickly to save it.’ Here we fly quickly 
to save a lost soul. It is Christlike and generous to adopt a 
lame or blind child. Love is all there is in life. Universal 
love and education will make heaven on earth the same as it 
does in other stars. You need more schools. Your churches 
and halls should be used for free schools, day and night, and 
only used for religious services Saturday and Sunday. All 
should have a chance to be highly educated. I would not 
have been killed if the soldiers at that time had been highly 
educated; they enjoyed killing me by inches with their cruel 
swords. I thought death would never come. Lovely, in- 
telligent angels took me home to peace and happiness. I 
never have suffered since and never will, for now I live in 
a land of immortal love and sunshine. I beg you earnestly 
to teach and preach love. All your parks should be used 
for kindergartens and rest. Let all children rest more, and 
study more, and swim more. Good night.” 


CHAPTER III. 


‘'Some god hath cast me forth upon this land, 

And O, what land? So thick is the sea mist.’^ 

The next morning Princess Kezia was up before sunrise. 
She dressed quickly so she would have time to pray all alone 
in the dear old temple before the others were up. On the 
way up the hill she accidentally met the doctor going in the 
same direction. 

"Princess Kezia, I was just going to the temple to pray 
also.” 

"Doctor, how did you know I was going there?” 

"I can read your thoughts, Kezia. Could you guess what 
my prayer could be?” 

"No, Doctor, I am sorry that I am unable to read your 
thoughts.” 

"Come, and I will tell you on the way. I was going to 
pray that you would be my wife, all my very own, forever. 

Do you love me well enough to marry me within a month? 
I could not stand to have you leave me now. My darling, 
I loved you the first time I ever saw your sweet face. Dear, 
you are different from others, so fair and light. You are all 
love and sunshine. Most girls I know are dark and all alike, 
you are different. Have I the power to make you happy, dear? 
Will you marry me soon? I want to own you as quickly 
as possible. Answer me please?” 

"Doctor, I love you dearly. It is so strange I loved you too 
the first time I ever saw you. I have been afraid some one 
would guess my secret. For fear some one would read my 
very heart I was going to pack up and leave for my home in 
Southern Egypt. My poor old parents live in Pibeseth, an 
old city of Bastel. My folks live a few miles from the city 
on a dear, lovely little farm, all fenced in. My mother is 
small and dark, and was, when a girl, very beautiful. My 
mother was a beautiful dark Indian princess. My father was 


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a tall, light complexioned, Egyptian king. I look like my 
father/’ 

'‘Yes, dear, but you haven’t given me my answer yet?” 

“Doctor, we will be married as soon as you say. So I will do 
all in my power to make you happy.” 

As they stepped inside of the church, he held her passion- 
ately to his heart. As they walked to the altar he kissed her 
a thousand times at least. They both bowed their heads in 
silent prayer and gratitude for such perfect love and happi- 
ness. In looking up they saw Hope (Kezia’s lovely angel), 
holding out her little white arms, blessing them. 

“Now, dear Kezia, do you see why we brought you here? 
God has made you for each other. You are both one. After 
death you will meet again never to be parted.” 

The Doctor took off a beautiful ring from his little finger 
and gave it to the Princess. 

“Sweetheart, this ring my mother gave me when I graduated 
at Delhi. You may call it your engagement ring, if you 
will?” 

Hope kissed the ring and kissed her brow as the Doctor 
placed it on her finger. 

“O! what joy, what heaven, to be kissed by an angel like 
Hope; and to be always loved by such a gentleman as the 
Doctor. Hope, dear, your sweet lips feel just like a real 
mortal. Why not?” 

‘ I am more real than you are. I am more alive than you 
are, as I am in perfect health and I am immortal. I ask you 
both to continue praying in the temple for a few hours with- 
out any food. Tonight we want to take you to Rome, Paris, 
and Monte Carlo. If you don’t eat much your soul can travel 
at will after you are well developed. I will guide you on 
the way and teach your soul how much missionary work 
is yet to be done on earth. Good bye, dear children, you 
will see me again tonight. If you can’t see me you will know 
that I am with you.” 

After prayers the Doctor took Kezia home, and announced 
their engagement to his folks. They all received her with 
open arms as one of their very own. 

O, Kezia, I am so glad you are my very own sister now. 

1 always wanted a sister to boss, and do as I pleased with and 
you just fill the bill.” 

That night all the household retired to rest peacefully. That 
night two hearts were overflowing with love and happiness. 

Kezia took Sita in her arms and kissed her fondly. The two 


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lovely girls went to sleep with a new sweet smile on their 
pretty young faces. 

Soon Kezia’s soul seemed to be free, floating away in space. 
We visited the Pope of Rome first. He was on his knees 
talking to his saints in sweet love and harmony. We soon 
knew that he saw all of us clairvoyantly. Part of His Holy 
saints joined with us. We soon saw the bright lights of 
gay Paris below us. Down, down, we went into the very 
heart of the city. The first sounds that reached our ears 
were the prayers of the poor and broken hearted. We saw 
the old and young begging in the streets at midnight. They 
begged from those that were dressed in the latest fashion. 
I never saw such lovely clothes, and so many bright colors in 
the moonlight. Those clad in rags had more light in their 
souls than the rich that would now and then toss them a 
copper, just to make a display in the eyes of their mistresses. 
Many poor, cold, hungry, suflfering creatures had no beds to 
get a moment’s rest on. Many were never inside of a real 
home. The misery was awful ! When we could not stand 
it any longer we went to Florence, Italy; there the suffering 
seemed about the same. Here we found great wealth and 
great poverty and suffering. Wherever we find great wealth 
we found great poverty. Hope said our love for all souls 
prevents great poverty in other worlds. Our great schools 
of industry prevents poverty. We are taught to give the 
laborer all he earns ; each has all he can earn, all are paid in 
checks and no money is ever used. 

We soon went to Monte Carlo. We saw many men and 
women gamble for money, as they smoked around the tables. 
We could see they were money mad. Many lost great for- 
tunes that night; many won. We noticed one short, dark, 
little woman they called Lena, win every cent a light, tall 
blonde had ; they called him Alo Lamar. Heoffered her his hand 
and smiled. We could read his thoughts and knew the reason. 
She invited him to her room a few blocks away. He began 
to make love to her for her money only. She coaxed him to 
write a short note to his mistress, Ada, telling her he had 
left her forever. Soon they were both sound asleep, drunk. 
As we watched them, our souls could read their thoughts, 
which were awful. We could see very little light around 
them ; this proves their souls were undeveloped. The man 
called Alo Lamar soon awoke, staggered a moment, then 
reached under the woman’s pillow and took all her money and 
jewels, went over to the table and took up the carving knife 
and killed her ! He covered her up, and with a cruel smile 


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washed his hands and surveyed himself in the glass. There 
were no stains of blood on his clothes. He smiled, locked the 
door and went out into the darkness. We saw angels near him 
recording every act he did ; we also saw fiends grabbing 
Lena’s dark soul and dragging her down, down! Alo Lamar 
walked back to the banks of Monte Carlo. He began playing 
cards madly. He lost every cent he had stolen from his wicked 
mistress. He reached over the table, took up a revolver and 
blew out his brains; blew his very soul into eternity, all be- 
cause he lost money. We all felt the shock from the awful 
shot! We saw his dark soul go down, down! His astral 
form was much smaller now. Again we saw awful wicked 
fiends drag him down to Purgatory. His mind was abso- 
lutely insane now, and would be for years to come. If any 
one shoots their minds away it ruins the soul. This is a 
scientific fact, the Doctor said. 

“Please let’s go home,” I cried, “I can’t stand to see any 
more crimes.” 


Our angels at once took us up, up, on electric spiral waves ; 
up we went into the pure fresh air, up into the lovely soft 
moonlight, away from all darkness and crime. 

“O! how lovely to float in space like this. O! Hope, my 
sweet saint, can the dear angels in Mars, Neptune, Venus, 
Saturn and Jupiter float in such wild ecstacy as we do?” 

At this question they all laughed, their merry voices of 
silver filled the air. 

“What is the matter, Doctor?” 

“Just look back of you and see !” 

I looked back, and saw two lovely angels, male and female, 
holding me up by a long, strong, silk sash that I had not 
noticed until now. They smiled and said : “We have carried 
you all the way.” 

In all the higher planets they soon learn to float alone, as it 
takes sorne people a long time to learn to swim, it takes some 
angels a long time to learn to float. It was about dawn the 
next day when our angels left us at our own home. I woke 
bita up and told her all I had seen. 

“Kez, my darling, how strange! I had the very same sad 
experience. 

After Sita and I had combed each other’s hair we went 
down to breakfast. What a lovely sight met our eyes! The 
table was loaded with lovely fruit and beautiful flowers. A 
beautiful Venetian gold filigree vase of lovely dark red roses 

J and he took one of the 

perfect red buds and pinned it in my hair. 


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‘^This beautiful morning is the dawning of a perfect love 
for us, dear. After breakfast we will go for a long walk.” 

We had many kinds of fruit and nuts, and instead of grape 
juice, we drank a cup of warm new milk. We saw the boy 
milk the cow at our door steps as we began to eat breakfast; 
we knew the milk was pure. 

Everything tasted delicious. The longing for bread, cake 
and meat had gradually left me. I had to give up my old 
habits of eating candy and hot bread in order to see clair- 
voyantly. 

Doctor and I were soon walking alone in the mountains 
together, talking over our future life. 


CHAPTER IV. 


‘'Kezia, my darling, we will sit here under this old juniper 
tree. Dearest, I want to tell of my experience last night. 
My soul left the body and traveled away ; far away, down into 
darkness. I was taken to the underworld in the very depths 
of Purgatory. Darling Kezia, there is no everlasting Hell, 
but this place was about the same. I talked with a lost 
soul, his name was Alo Lamar. I read the electric aura around 
his head, and saw he had just killed a wicked, low, heartless, 
negro woman, called Lena Williams. Alo left his sick wife, 
Odal Lamar, in Rome, starving; later he became a robber and 
bought and sold pure young girls, some of their names I 
could read in his aura — his aura was black. Lena and Alo 
Lamar had sold a poor girl called Minnie. Others named Ada, 
Bertha, Fannie, Maud, and two named Georgia and Josephine, 
both were insane now.” 

“O ! Persus darling, I dreamed I saw him kill Lena and 
then himself at Monte Carlo. My vision was awful !” 

“Kezia, my poor little dove, your words prove all I saw 
was a fact. I saw him judged by the severe courts of the 
underworld. The Priest who read his sentence wore long 
black sombre robes. This priest spoke in a subdued, but 
deep, cold, stern undertone, his word was law there. 

“ ‘Alo Lamar, you and this low, Lena Williams, will be 
insane here for over one hundred years. Every day will seem 
a thousand years. After the time expires you may both work 
your way out of here by degrees! No soul shall ever be 
permitted to love or help you two fiends in any way; during 
this time neither you or that wicked woman shall ever see 
one ray of light. Come, black insane fiends, and obsess these 
cruel souls for one hundred years and more 1 Dark spirits 
take these two low fools ! Cast them down into prison ; bind 
them down with thorns and snakes!’ I saw Lena and Alo 
Lamar severely punished for selling the souls of sweet, pure 
young girls. 


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'‘O, woman ! woman ! when to ill thy mind is bent, 

All hell contains no fouler fiend.” 

“Alo Lamar and Lena had ruined the happiness of good 
women for years. Why shouldn’t they suffer all they caused 
others to suffer? Kezia dearest, it is only justice! They must 
reap as they have sown. Kezia, my love, forgive me. You 
are pale and trembling like a leaf. We will talk of our wed- 
ding day, then you will be happy again.” 

“My darling Pesus, next Sunday we will be married.” 

“My sweet Kezia, will you wear my mother’s wedding 
veil ? My mother asked me if you would honor her by wear- 
ing it. Will you, sweetheart?” 

“My own darling Persus, I would love to wear it.” 

“Love, soon as we are married, we will work to gether for 
good, dear Kezia, my pet, we are so happy together now, that 
we will devote all our lives in making others happy. We will 
prove our gratitude to God, by working for Him. I love 
Him for He has joined our hearts together in perfect love 
and immortal happiness ! It is a pleasure to serve Him with 
you by my side. May God help us to love others more; 
the world craves it. Above all things we need now is uni- 
versal love. Sincere brotherly love. 

“The soul that loves, forever sings. 

And feels as light as though it had wings ; 

The heart that trusts, forever prays, 

A well of peace within it springs. 

Come good or ill, 

Whatever today, tomorrow brings. 

It is His will. 

“Kezia, my own darling, promise me that you will be brave, 
if we are ever parted, will you little sweetheart?” We In- 
dians are taught from childhood never to fear death. ‘Death 
is better than one’s birth. If we are true, good, sincere 
Catholics.’ Remember, pet, our love will live beyond the 
grave. Love is life. ‘God is love.’ Love is all there is in 
life, little girl.” 

“Persus, darling, how lovely and perfect the world is to 
us. If we should be parted now, it would kill me. Doctor, 
I love you fondly. I worship you madly.” 

“My own Kezia, little sweetheart, I love you more than 
you do me; I will always adore you with all my heart and 
soul. Long before I saw you, I often dreamed you were 
my wife, my only love, some times we were picking beautiful 


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flowers on the hillside; sometimes I would see you in a love- 
ly home playing with my children. My only love, will all 
those dear dreams ever come true? Pet, I know in Heaven 
these dreams will all come true, if our prayers are not 
answered here, God will answer them just over there. My 
little dove, I will love you through all eternity. I worship 
you, Kezia ! My life, my love, my one idol ! My only happi- 
ness. Sweetheart, I wish every one was as rich and happy 
as we are now, dear.'' 


CHAPTER V. 


“The king then asked, as yet the camp he viewed, 

What prince is that, with giant strength endued; 
Whose brawny shoulders, and whose swelling chest, 

And lofty stature, far exceed the rest ” 

The king of Rajpootana, was a tall, broad shouldered, ugly 
Indian. He was black as night, and had heavy, short, straight, 
black hair ; his eyes were black and piercing. Any one would 
fear him as soon as they looked into those wicked, fiery 
eyes. He had eyes of a demon, his face was large, broad and 
brutal. He seemed to be a great, strong, powerful animal 
without a soul. This wicked king owned a great palace in the 
northern part of the Araville mountains. He ruled over 
a large tribe of fighting Indians, who did just as their king 
commanded. One of his favorite spies told him of a rich 
prince who owned a large gold mine, the richest he ever 
saw. The king was wild with delight and gave his spy a 
new sword, and many lovely jewels. King Pootana soon 
armed his tribe, then moved south to capture this rich mine. 
The king accumulated all his wealth by stealing from other 
kings. The drums were beating weirdly, as the dusky tribe 
moved stealthily down the mountain side, hiding safely now 
and then in the deep, thick, dark, dense forest which was 
the home of many kinds of poisonous reptiles. The wicked 
spy led his king’s tribe safely up the hillside until they came 
in sight of the old dome on the temple, then they crawled 
on their hands and knees for miles for fear of being detected. 
They crawled safely among the trees up to Lytton Springs. 
Here they rested awhile in the forest. 

Higher up in the mountains a Hindoo ceremony was being 
performed by Terah, the high priest. Two young priests 
who graduated at Delhi the same time the Doctor did, as- 
sisted in the ceremony. One had a temple at Ellora, the 
other at Loodiana, two large cities in India. The old temple 
was decorated with gorgeous tropical flowers. The altar was 


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one massive bank of red and white roses. The bride and 
her maids carried large bouquets of lillies of the valley. 
Kezia wore long white silk robes, the sash embroidered with 
lillies of the valley. She wore Princess Mara’s wedding veil, 
also a long string of large pink pearls that Prince Cresto gave 
her at the ceremony. A slave carried a large casket of 
pricious jewels for the bride. The guests were all of high 
caste. All were merry, congratulating the bride and kissing 
her. The gentlemen were throwing lovely buds and flowers 
at the happy couple. The high priest, Terah, is telling of his 
secret marriage when he was a young priest in Nizagapatum, 
a lovely city on the Bay of Bengal : 

“My dear old high priest saw in a vision that Sizuna was 
my soul mate, that God had made us for each other. This 
ancient seer told me I would find her in the province of 
Bengal, a mile south of the capital of Calcutta. He described 
her, told me her name, age and all about her people. I went 
to the place and found it just as he foretold. All was just 
as he prophesied. Our King opposed the wedding, so we 
were married secretly. We went to a small isle at the mouth 
of the Ganges. There were four lovely little islands here. I 
took charge of a temple on the one called Sundeep; the names 
of the other three were Hattiah, Dakhin, and Shaboz. I was 
the happiest priest in the world. We loved and served the 
people day and night, never growing tired in doing good. We 
gave all our wealth to the poor in Calcutta and to our temple. 
She named our dear old temple, ‘The Temple of the Soul.’ 
And it was in every sense of the word. You, my dear chil- 
dren, could not believe the wonderful things that happened 
there in our circle. In that lovely temple we had three large 
golden symbols inlaid in our marble altar — the cross, tri- 
angle and circle ; the circle representing God, the Universal 
boul. India is the birthplace of all religions— the Eden— 
the conjugal circle of soul. The soul is everything to a 
true Hindoo. Some priests in India almost starve in order 
to develope the soul. 

Sizuna and I were praying in our lovely 
ittle horne near the temple, which was surrounded on all 
sides with grapes, fruit, lovely birds and flowers, and was 
.n tL 'yhen at midnight we heard an awful cry 

m the darkness, ‘The waters ! The waters !' A great cyclone 
arose and rolled the sea over those four lovely isles ^nd a 

fhosl h’°" drowned, only 

those b^ng saved who had climbed to the tops of the highest 

^ees. Did you ever hear of such an awful cyclone? I pray 
God you may never see what we saw that awful black night 


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of sorrow. For hours I held Sizuna on the housetop. I 
kissed her cold, pale lips and soon saw she was dead. Cold 
and fear had killed her while she lay in my arms. I gave 
up, broken hearted, and sank in the waters. When I came 
to the top again, two tall, lovely angels with light around 
their beautiful heads held me firmly out of the waters. They 
floated me gently and lovingly to a tall tree. There I clung 
until the waters receded into the sea. Every day since that 
sad night my twin soul, Sizuna has been with me. I see her 
and hear her talk the same as she did before the flood. I 
have always been true to this one sweet soul — my only love — 
I never can love another.” 

After the sad story Prince Cresto and Princess Mara moved 
slowly up the isle and shook hands and shed tears of sym- 
pathy over his sad fate. Terah asked them to dry their 
eyes and be happy, for he could see his bride with them now 
just as lovely, young and happy as our beautiful Kezia was 
this moment. The Prince and stately Mara moved down to 
the door, and all the guests started for home, where a great 
feast was all ready for them. Prince Cresto saw a tribe of 
enemies below. He closed the massive doors and kept the 
great crowd inside. 

“My poor brothers and sisters, keep close to me as you can, 
for a wicked tribe is here to kill us. I have a secret gold 
mine near here that in some unknown way they have dis- 
covered. That casket of jewels with the others we all have 
in our possession, will hire us a ship at Mandavee. Rich 
Jews own many big ships there and will do anything for 
money. I will direct you to a secret door in the rear where 
we all can escape.” 

They all followed the prince to the door. The Doctor 
dashed away from his folks to save the poor patients. Kezia 
ran after him, crying, saying, “I will die with you! I would 
rather die than ever be parted from you.” 

Pootana’s spy saw him and drew his bright new sword 
on the Doctor. The Doctor quickly caught his wrist and 
broke his arm in the struggle. Then ran the blade through 
the wicked black heart of the Indian. 

“Come quickly, Kezia dear, we must get to the Springs 
at once. Darling child, why didn’t you fly with father and 
mother, where you would be safe from all danger? My wife, 
my love, forgive me for not going with you while I could 
escape. I see it is wicked King Pootana and his fierce 
tribe, who worship the goddess Kali, otherwise known as 
Devi or Durga, the Hindu goddess of destruction, and con- 
sort of Siva.” 


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Persus took the spy’s new sword and ran to the head of 
the army, he and his men killing one-third of the enemy’s 
men. Devi whispered to Pootana to kill Persus and steal 
Kezia. King Pootana saw the lovely bride in the distance 
and sent his men to capture her. She was caught and carried 
to their king, fainting as they took her. Persus fought like 
mad. Pootana’s men outnumbered his ten to one. Pootana 
took lovely Kezia for his own bride. This cruel, ugly, black 
Indian held the fair Egyptian bride in his arms, then told 
Persus he had won a sweet, handsome, white bride as well 
as his father’s gold. Persus was permitted to kiss Kezia 
good-bye. As the young husband held his bride in his arms, 
he quickly reached for his dagger — he always carried one, — 
and plunged it in Kezia’s soft white breast. She fell forward 
and died in her husband’s arms without a pain — there was 
a wonderful poison on the dagger that killed instantly. Doctor 
Persus had discovered this strange poison in a flower of the 
forest. The king reached for the dagger — not knowing it was 
poisoned — and the Doctor thrust it through his heart, 
the black king died at his feet. The revengeful black god 
Siva and his Hindu goddess Kali now influenced the minds 
of the rest of the king’s tribe to take the Doctor prisoner. 
The men obeyed Siva, also carried all the gold and jewels 
they could find in his home away. Later the tribe marched 
with Persus to Mandavee. The men gave the Prince of 
Mandavee part of the gold and jewels to put our poor Doctor 
in a narrow cell half filled with dirty water from the Arabian 
sea, — this was against the laws of India, all men had a right 
to protect their family and property. Our poor, good, innocent 
Doctor was taken a prisoner on his own land trying to pro- 
tect his wife. Our forlorn Doctor was cold, ill and hungry ; 
slaves would abuse him shamefully when he would ask for 
food and water. Later Terah, the priest, came to the prison; 
he had walked all the way disguised as a slave. They cast 
him in the same cell, or little dungeon, and then told the poor 
Hindu to starve to death with his master, not knowing he was 
a priest of high caste. Terah took from his breast a bag of 
dates and nuts and bottle of wine. Persus ate and drank 
a little, and handed it back to the dear, kind priest. 

“Persus, child, my guardian angel showed me clairvoyantly 
I would soon be with my twin-soul. I will tell you the vision 
as I, an old man, saw it. As I lingered a moment by the 
altar of roses, I saw my own long lost bride in all her pure 
white robes, her lovely flowers and long white lace veil, 
standing by my side, with her beautiful pink and white arms 
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near the altar. She scattered all her sweet flowers on my 
shrouded, then held up a wonderful jeweled crown over a pure 
gold cross ; then again showed me clairvoyantly, a big sheet 
of black samite on which was written in white letters show- 
ing plainly on the black, ‘Go quickly to Mandavee !’ The let- 
ters vanished, then I saw, on the black sheet, yourself, on 
the right hand of you I saw your Kezia in her bridal robes 
beckoning me to come to you. I saw my own wife put her 
arms around your bride and smile. I knew at once they 
were together on the astral plane. Doctor, did she die peace- 
fully?^’ 

“Yes, dear father, I killed her without a pain. The Bloody 
Black King took her for his own. I implored to just let 
me kiss her good bye. To my surprise he did. I killed them 
both rather than see her live a life of shame and constant 
misery. I could not live and know that she would be his 
slave, then in her old age be killed by inches.” 

“You did right to kill them both; for God made man to 
protect woman, if it is just — in your case it was, it was just! 

“Persus, my child, I came here eagerly to save your life. 
In three days I will die, for it is my time to go. I heard a voice 
tell me so. They told me the same again and again. I know 
it is true. As soon as I am dead your band will put you 
in a deep trance. They will think we are both dead and put 
us in one big bag, then throw us together into the Arabian 
sea. You may have my cross and gold. Your angels will 
take you out of this trance while in the sea ; an old fisherman 
by the seashore will take you to his home, if you make the 
sign of the cross ; then press his hand three times, firmly.” 

The Doctor waited three days and every hour was heaven 
to them both ; they learned so much together. Our dear 
old seer died just the hour he said he would. Persus got 
his money, dagger and clothes. Then a little later he heard 
footsteps in the hall and at the same time felt himself sink- 
ing into a trance. He found the old fisherman by the seashore 
Persus went home with him. Many weary days he spent 
with the good old seaman recovering from the sickness 
of the dungeon. Then he went back to the noble Prince 
of Mandavee and proved his innocence. The good 
prince of Mandavee took his tribe up the hills of Ara- 
ville. Persus recaptured his father’s rich mineral possession 
and gave the prince half of all he had. The Doctor became 
a famous author, and died a priest in the very temple where 
he was married. Many hundred years have passed and still 
his books are read all over the world. The story of Persus 
has taught the world that many innocent souls have been 


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cast into prison for the sake of their money, then shamefully 
abused. It is a terrible, cowardly crime to abuse a person 
deprived of their liberty. If we wrong or abuse others, God 
will punish us severely later. How beautiful it is to treat 
humanity loveingly and tenderly at all times. Prince Cresto, 
with his wife and daughter, met the remainder of his own 
tribe that escaped from Lytton Springs. The Black King 
had killed most of Prince Cresto’s men. After experiencing 
great difficulties we managed to get to Mandavee, then hired 
a big ship and set out to sea. That night the ship sailed 
slowly — sailed away from all that was dear to them. They 
left sunny old India with broken hearts. Their lives would 
never be safe there after they discovered the gold mine. 
Big fish eat up the little ones on the hills of India; one king 
robs the other. There is no such thing as the equality of 
man there. After a long voyage they rested a few months 
at the Philippines. They formed classes and taught their 
religion. Most of the natives believed the same as they did. 
Later they bought the old ship from the cold-hearted Jew. One 
man owned as much of the boat as the other did ; they were 
all one family and shared alike. Poor Princess Mara and 
Sita had charge of the casket, and all the valuable jewels, 
only half of the jewels had been sold. They left the Jew and 
his crew on the island and set sail again. The old ship 
seemed like home then for it was their very own. In a few 
weeks they came to a narrow neck of land, — that which joins 
the two Americas, — which was pierced by a narrow strait of 
water. The two massive rocks that towered above them on 
either side as they passed through made them feel how in- 
finite God was and how finite man. Scarcely had they passed 
through safely when a sound deafened them ; a noise like a 
peal of thunder rent the air. The ship trembled like an 
aspen leaf from prow to stern. They looked back. The 
mighty rocks had clashed together and filled the strait of 
water with rocks and gravel. They bowed their heads and 
thanked God for His love and protection. They sailed on to 
the Gulf of Mexico and entered the harbor of New Orleans. 
It was so low there, they left and sailed up the Mississippi 
river, then up the Escawtawpa. Here they sailed into a raft 
of logs; the old boat was wrecked, every person sank in an 
awful storm, excepting two young slaves of the tribe. They 
have handed this story down from one tribe to another — 
from father to .son to this day. 


CHAPTER VI. 


“And God will make divinely real 

The highest forms of their ideal.” — Chapin. 

Ruth was a lovely, tall, dark-eyed. Southern girl. Her 
family and most intimate friends called her Dolly. She 
had heavy, light brown, long, curly hair, that hung below 
her waist in six perfect curls. Doll was very slender and 
graceful, her mouth a perfect cupid’s bow, her head well 
poised, and small. Her most charming feature was her large, 
wonderful, soft brown eyes. Everyone loved those lovely 
eyes. The soul seemed to express her thoughts, and yearn- 
ings through those eyes. Ruth was a lovely Christian and 
inherited her mother’s sweet, cheerful, sunny disposition. She 
also was an exquisite violinist, and could paint, sketch and 
cook. Our heroine is just sweet sixteen. Ruth is sitting by a 
big window watching an awful southern storm rising from 
the Gulf of Mexico. She and her young companion, Cathy 
de Bathe had been dear friends and schoolmates. The girls 
were now visiting Ruth’s grand parents in Mississippi. It 
had been raining for days in Escawtawpa, — a small country 
town on the Escawtawpa river. The Indians and darkies 
called this strange river haunted ; this is a fact too. Every 
night weird music came from the river bed. The ghostly 
musicians had chosen the large hollow reeds for their mu- 
sical instruments. It sounded as if they were practicing the 
scales on a golden, magical, flute. This weird music would 
often end at sunrise in a low, sad funeral dirge. People 
came from all over the world and hired darkies to row them 
out at night to hear and investigate these strange magical 
sounds. The music became more weird and much louder 
about midnight. Ruth and Cathy often wondered if the river 
was truly haunted. 

One calm, beautiful night, while she was sleeping soundly, 
Ruth dreamed her soul was transported to another world. 


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She dreamed this beautiful world was Mars. It was a world 
of love and romance instead of war. The dream seemed real 
as life. At first she was surprised to find herself carried as 
if by magic so quickly and safely through space to this lovely 
new world, — it seemed like a lover’s paradise. This strange 
new world was the world of the soul. Ruth wondered how 
she came there. As she looked around she saw a tall, dark, 
handsome young stranger, who spoke, smiled, and bowed to 
poor little surprised Ruth. He was very courteous and gently 
told her that once, he was an ancient Indian prince. He 
said an old Indian living near her grandfather’s home would 
tell her the same truth, and this would prove that all he 
said was true, and no dream at all. “Remember, Ruth, many 
dreams are true and real — soul facts. A wicked Black King 
drove us away from India many years ago and captured my 
son with his lovely bride, and took all our wealth except a 
few jewels. Mara was then my princess yet did not belong 
to me, and is now happy with her twin soul. They are now 
wealthy and live in Neptune. We made a mistake then, as 
many do now in marrying the person not intended for us. 
In India we taught the immortality of the soul. This wicked 
and powerful King Pootana did not believe in the Com- 
munion of Saints or would not permit it to be taught, if he 
could help it. We taught one God, one love, one wife; he 
had many wives in those days. He killed good priests. His 
soul now suffers in Purgatory, and will for some time. My 
tribe and myself were drowned in a terrible storm on the 
river Escawtawpa.” 

“O! Prince Cresto, an old negro we call Aunt Mary told 
grandma this same story. She said it was all true, but we 
all laughed at her. Is it a real fact?” 

“Yes, child. I can remember the storm, and the rain 
pouring down on us, how terrible it seems now. The old 
raft sank slowly down, down, to our death. On that very 
spot where our ship sank these magical reeds grew. In love 
and immortal sympathy and pity they sway, they sing their 
sad doleful hymns. These musical sounds are the sobs and 
groans of a great tribe mourning for their Prince and loved 
ones. 


“I have often dreamed of you. Prince Cresto, and now I 
see you face to face. Are you truly alive?” 

“Yes, I am a real live man ; asking you if you would like 
to visit some of the scenes and wonderful sights in Mars 
would you, Ruth?” 

“I would love to!” 

Cresto (they have no titles in Mars) sent a mental wireless 


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message, and soon a boy came with a lovely little airship 
called “The Golden Butterfly.'' 

“Oh! how lovely! We are sailing far above the Martians," 
Ruth cried. The air was pure and bracing, the ride very 
exhilarating. They descended slowly — for Ruth was afraid 
to descend ; the lovely little airship alighted in a public 
park. Many little children were playing here. She saw 
lovers strolling down the walks in perfect peace and happi- 
ness. There were lovely beds of flowers everywhere. They 
soon came to a beautiful blue lake. On this lake they saw 
pretty, tiny boats with large white swans, beautifully carved, 
in front. These little boats, at a distance, looked like grace- 
ful, white swans ; couples that row in these boats seemed 
to be lovers. 

“O! Cresto, what perfect little love-boats!" 

“Ruth, the couples in the boats are soul-mates, they have 
been married for years, and will always be lovers." 

The longer they had lived together the more devoted they 
seemed. Many were swimming; all seemed very fond of the 
water. Cresto took her to the immense bath house, hired 
suits ; they went into the plunge first, then to the lake outside. 
No one called him Prince Cresto over there. No one can 
take a title or any money to another planet. They are all 
brothers and sisters, all one big family, all humble and Christ- 
like, yet they seem to have plenty to live on. They are very 
busy and happy; they all play as much as they work, and 
study. Ruth could swim well and gracefully on earth, so it 
did not take her long to swim there. 

“Ruth, when we learn to swim or dance well on earth, 
we can do the same on any planet. If we can learn to sing 
and become great musicians on earth we never forget it. 
We begin here just where we left oflF on earth. We never 
go backward, but forward — unless we are punished for some 
sin. 

“Cresto, I wish we could go and visit other places of amuse- 
ment ?" 

They walked on and on, each spot seemed a garden of 
Eden. They often saw lovely angels — always two together. 

“Ruth, these couples are spirit mates. I suppose they look 
strange to you, for they do not fight or get divorces here; 
they are contented and are industrious." 

Ruth soon learned that they carried on their daily con- 
versation by thought transference. They also talk the same 
as we do and sing the same as we do when together, when 
parted they use thought transference — for husbands go to 
work there and wives attend to the home as on earth. 


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“If our loved ones visit another planet we can send them 
messages quickly, by thought transference. This can be done 
on earth or anywhere. Ruth, thought transference is only 
reading another’s thoughts and answering mentally.” 

“Cresto, what a wonderful fairyland Mars is ! I hear beau- 
tiful music everywhere, everyone singing In perfect love and 
harmony, their sweet, dear voices are soft, tender and me- 
lodious. Oh, I am in a magic world of love, music and beauty. 
Mars is a world of love and peace instead of war.” 

“We think to much of our lives and sweethearts to ever 
go to war. War is a sin. All trouble could be settled by 
arbitration on earth. We only fight to protect dying souls on 
your planet. This is a mental fight to protect our loved ones 
from enemies. Ruth, my dear child, can you guess who I 
am? After seeing all you have just seen?” 

“No, Cresto, I can not!” 

“You are only a child, but so highly educated you can un- 
derstand, you are my other half, my twin-soul, my very own. 
I have watched over you and protected you since your birth. 
Darling, I would not have been parted from you so long, 
if I had not married poor Princess Mara for her wealth and 
caste. I have suffered a thousandfold for my ignorance, sel- 
fishness, and sin. It is a sin to marry without love. All true 
marriages must be founded on love and honor. Love without 
honor and respect is only misery. Ruth, my darling child, 
do you trust me now?” 

“Yes, I do Cresto dear, I love you, for you seem to be the 
soul of honor. You are my ideal of a gentleman. I never 
have had a lover in all my life. I don’t like the young men 
on earth. I do not know why.” 

Wou are only a child and are too young yet.” 

“Cresto, I long to give up my life to good, instead of accept- 
ing the attentions of admirers as other young women do. I 
don’t care for society, it is only wasting my time away.” 

Please make me one promise, in answering this question, 

I know you will not break your word. Which will you 
choose: Society and idleness, or doing good and hard study? 
Please do not let me influence you, do as you please. There 
one ” social life if you do not wrong any 

other?’^^^^ ^ develop my mind and help 


Dear, if that is your choice, we will begin our good work 
now. My darling doll if you will fast and pray for a few 
days I will take you to Purgatory. I only take you so you 


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can prevent others from going there. Just so you can save 
lost souls. I take you only to show you how cruel, wicked, 
heartless, souls suffer. My dear, pray sincerely and try to 
fast until I see you again. There are no children in Purga- 
tory, love. I will protect you and keep you close to my side. 
Many saints will go with us, — for it is not safe to go alone. 
Darling, if you see the underworld as it is, you will be better 
able to do good and prevent others from going there. First, 
my pet, promise to forgive me for taking your pure, sweet 
soul to such a place? O! you don’t answer me? I will keep 
you here in Mars until you do, love.” 

“Yes, I forgive, I want to go. It will be a wonderful new 
lesson for me to go. I can hardly wait for the time to come. 
Please take me now ” 

“No, dear, you must fast and pray first. I will get angels 
to protect us. I must make everything safe for our visit 
there. Please light all your candles after I take you home. 
Pray, go into the silence; later I will return for you.” 


CHAPTER VII 


'‘Then star nor sun shall waken, 

Nor any change of light; 

Nor sound of waters shaken 
Nor any sound or sight. 

Nor wintry leaves or vernal 
Nor days nor things diurnal ; 

Only the sleep eternal 
In an eternal night.” 

Ruth had fasted for three days. All she drank was a cup 
of warm milk twice a day — and drank this very slowly. The 
third night after saying her prayers she fell into a sound 
sleep. It was darkest midnight when Cresto, with many of 
his friends, came to protect Ruth. All were dressed in dis- 
guise — in long black robes. Ruth gradually felt her soul 
gently and silently carried away in space to the underworld. 

“Cresto, dear, were you ever in this awful, dismal, dark, 
place before?” 

“Yes,, dear, all souls from earth are taken here at death 
and judged. I was here a few days until I was judged for 
every act I ever did. No soul can escape this court. Darl- 
ing girl, when you are taken here, I will come with you. I 
beg you to live such a perfect Christian life that our dear 
judges will not keep you long. Some stay thousands of years 
in this one place, others, only a few days. Christ descended 
and remained here two days Himself. He was perfect. The 
third day Our Lord ascended up to Heaven. He rose in great 
power and glory. Dear Ruth, if you follow in His footsteps, 
you need not fear to go where He has been. Jesus has sur- 
veyed the narrow road that leads to the gates of Heaven. 
He is the one who will light the way for us. Here our Lord 
and His hosts of angels, judge the living and the dead. Christ 
and His own followers have been judged here, so that they 
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that He commands us to keep. This is Divine justice to all. 
Praise His Holy name. He is most Divine! We are one 
universal family and every soul is treated alike. We all 
get our reward here, whether it is good or evil. Hades is 
surrounded on all sides by awful, grim, ghastly, rivers of 
woe. Millions upon millions of firm, silent boatmen carry 
the dead here to be judged. They row you safely and silent- 
ly to the great wide gates of Sheol, these cold stone gates are 
broad and high. Justice alone holds the keys. Souls at 
death cannot fly — they gradually learn to later. Those liv- 
ing here are all earth-bound. Sin has weakened their souls 
to such an extent that they cannot fly, and have not life 
enough to try . Constant sin is slow death to the soul. 
Here life has death for a neighbor. The great gates of Pur- 
gatory are daily and nightly thronged with millions and 
millions of angel guests. Just as the earthly prison should be 
thronged to see that justice rules! It is our business to see 
that no innocent soul stays in prison on earth. No one should 
be cast into prison on circumstantial evidence; this is an 
awful crime. The prisons on earth should be as good and 
just as the ones are in Purgatory, but they are not. You 
can change the laws and make them so in time if the people 
of earth all work hard. To understand Heaven and Hades 
we must study the last two chapters in the Bible. Read 
Revelations 22:15. Study all of Revelations.” 

They walked on deeper into the woods of lonely darkness. 
It was misty. The angry dark gray clouds above them would 
not admit a ray of sunlight. We saw great monsters among 
the cold gray rocks; in the wide crevices were huge, long, 
green serpents, with mad, fiery red eyes. These snakes were 
the companions of low men and women, of drunkards, glut- 
tons, and former prostitutes. Snakes and all ugly animals 
have ugly thoughts. They are on a low mental plane. 

“Ruth, dear, your sweet disposition, your constant prayers, 
have made your face beautiful. Some of these poor, ill, low, 
ugly, fallen women tried to console themselves with ugly 
dogs and cats on earth. There were no babies, or children 
in Hades to pet, and as these poor, half clad, half starved 
women would try to pet these dogs, they would growl and 
snarl and bite them. All animals were cross; there was no 
love or harmony there.” 

“Cresto, why are these hungry dogs and snakes with these 
poor, sad, ugly men and women?” 

“Dear, like seeks like ; love attracts love ; enemies that hate 
each other most, must live together. The wonderful power 
of gravitation draws them together. Look well, dear, and 


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remember the result of hate. It is as strong to attract as love 
is. All animals have souls and thoughts the same as we 
have, only they are undeveloped. Men and women having 
the same thoughts as animals and snakes are attracted to 
each other; here is another lesson on the law of gravitation. 
It develops the soul more to adopt children instead of dogs 
or cats. The soul of a child is Divine. Every one must 
live in the soul world or live in this underworld to suffer 
with dangerous animals in Purgatory, until developed out 
of this state. It takes intelligence, strength and energy to 
get out of Purgatory. Science proves this. You see, dear, 
how easy it is to get here? How hard to get out?” 

As they went deeper and deeper into the lonely forest 
they saw a large, filthy, dead sea covered over with green 
slime. The odor from this stagnant water made them all ill. 

“The only fish here is the ugly octopus. These poor, weary, 
tired men and women catch them and cook them on the 
rocks and eat them.” 

They did not see any fruit in the forest. These folks were 
too angry and lazy to cultivate the ground or make the most 
of their punishment. All they wanted was revenge and an 
excuse to get out of work. They all seemed to be cowards 
and indolent. The awful rivers and lakes were green and 
slimy. The air was cold, misty and damp all the time. No 
stars or moon mingled in the dark gray clouds above. There 
were no flowers or birds or lovers here. The land was full 
of rnuddy green swamps. They saw them bare-footed, walk- 
ing in the mud up to their knees. Some took on each other’s 
conditions; all looked mean, blue, cross and ugly; they would 
fight, groan, swear and curse one another. We could not 
find any real love there. It was all cruel hate. Angels often 
came down when they were fighting to part them. Then 
some would cling to their robes and hold on like mad men. 
An electric shock from these high angels’ minds would throw 
them onto the ground again. O ! the power of mind or soul ! 
Every time they would hurt or abuse another, they were 
forced to stay another day in Purgatory. Men or women 
who had tortured or helped in any way to torture any prisoner 
or helpless child or insane person, or any one in their power 
on earth, were tortured seven-fold there; their innocent vic- 
tims were permitted to come here and torture them. This is 
a just law and is followed out to the letter in the underworld. 
One cannot escape justice any more than they can escape 
life. We all live on and on whether we go to Heaven or 
Hades. 

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just as the Bible teaches. Here in this underworld the souls 
of the wicked groan and moan and are tormented day and 
night. Here the awful blackness seemed touched and blended 
with green and blue fire, the air was poisoned with awful 
furies. Ugly long, yellow and black, fiery-eyed, serpents 
are everywhere driving the inhabitants here and there, 'there 
was no rest for the wicked.”^ 

The serpents were even climbing the trees. The trees all 
looked dead, old and withered. All the men and women 
seemed lost; not one could find their loved ones. All were 
parted ! All lonely ! Their only companions were those they 
hated most. Many had been in this awful place for years 
and years. Many would stay years longer, because they had 
made slaves of lovely young girls. These poor, helpless girls 
had gone on to Heaven, and the men that ruined them were 
still suffering here. They suffered more than their former 
victims ever did. Ruth was so glad to see these men suffering. 
Young girls have a right to honor and sacred love and 
homes. These men and women that once sold sweet, lovely 
young girls for money, prayed for death ; but there is no death 
in Hades ! It was awful to see these souls live on and on 
to suffer and groan from remorse of conscience. There would 
be no justice without this great mighty underworld court, 
or Purgatory. The sins and crimes of darkness, of all the 
universe, are concentrated here. This is a terrible and dismal 
region of darkness, misery, despair and sorrow! Hades is a 
place in space down in the opposite direction from Heaven. 
It is God’s mighty Court of Justice. There is no money or 
bail given there. You cannot bribe the Judge or jury. Their 
souls are laid bare! Their hearts and very thoughts are 
judged. All their past acts are recorded. Justice reigns su- 
preme. Every act and thought is pictured in space. Every 
sound ascends and is recorded by our angels. Science is a 
perfect photographer. All acts and thoughts are retained on 
the lens of the mind. 

"Cresto, is that why these men and women seem so in- 
sane?” 

“Yes, dear, their minds are all darkness from sin and 
ignorance.” 

“Cresto, please take me home out into the fresh air, I can- 
not stand their awful looks and misery.” 

“Come, we will go at once. I should have taken you back 
sooner.” 

“O ! what happiness to fly from darkest Purgatory, out into 
God’s lovely star light. To soar like a free bird in the sweet, 
pure fresh air. What a contrast from that awful place!” 


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“Ruth, are you not glad you have chosen missionary work 
instead of idleness?” 

“Yes, dear, from now on I shall be perfectly happy in 
doing good. I must commence my work at once. Now is 
the time. How lovely it is to float like this among the stars. 
Away in space! To float like a bird among the stars and 
clouds is perfect ecstacy! Each star looks like big, bright 
double balls of light; one was blue, one was white. Cresto, 
this is a heavenly sight!” 

“My darling, I will hold you closer to my heart and fly 
on and on with you just to please you. My greatest happi- 
ness is in seeing you happy. All you need to do is to put 
your lovely head on my breast, and take long, deep breaths.” 

“Darling, how grateful I am to you, Cresto, dear, to be able 
to float as the angels do with you, just for tonight. O! this 
lovely, perfect night. Cresto, I love you!” 


CHAPTER VIII. 


“All night she dreamed and wondered with the light 
Her lover came — and then she understood 
The purpose of her being. Life was good, 

And all the world seemed bright 
And nothing was, but right.'’ 

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 

The next morning, early at dawn, she saw this Indian 
prince clairvoyantly. At first she could not believe her eyes ! 
She thought the trip to Mars and Purgatory only a dream. 

“Cresto, are you a true, living soul? Was my awful dream 
last night all true?" 

“Yes, poor child, your dream was all more than true. 
Our souls often travel together. It is a fact that our souls 
can travel, while our bodies sleep. Love, there is no limit 
to the soul’s flight. Our souls are made in the image of 
God. Doll, long ago I was once a real, live Indian prince. 
I came from another star to watch over you and protect you, 
dear. Dreams are often true. I have given you many facts 
in dreams. I will also develop you to a higher degree clair- 
voyantly. You hear me now, love, clairaudiently. True 
visions from the other world will often be revealed to you. 
Ruth, please remember all that I reveal to you in visions, 
dreams, or strong impressions will be real facts, — soul facts. 
I develop you to help you make poor, sorrowing humanity 
happy and teach you to help others to higher planes.’’ 

“Cresto, why do you spend so much time with me?’’ 

“Dear, I will always be with you. I am your twin-soul — 
your soul-mate. I am your other half. Darling child, with- 
out you there is no life or happiness. You are all my very 
own, my twin-soul. God has made us one. I love you with 
all my heart and life! I will often take your soul away in 
vision to visit and enjoy other planets. Souls from other 
stars will come to teach you and reveal beautiful facts to 


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you. We will help you to keep busy, happy and content, 
dove. Ruth all things are dual — all souls dual. My darling, 
do you love me?” 

“Yes, dear, I love you. I do not know why this new love 
is so strange to me, so different from anything I ever heard 
of or thought of. Cresto, am I the first mortal ever loved 
by a spirit? Is this a real fact or am I still dreaming? Please, 
dear, tell me?” 

“Ruth, do you hear me?” 

“Yes, I do?” 

“Are you sure?” 

“I am positive, Cresto.” 

“Now, do you see me?” 

“Yes, I see you.” 

“My own darling little angel, kiss me.” 

Ruth felt his warm kisses on her lovely red lips. 

“Now, dear, if you hear me, and see me, and feel my kisses, 
don’t you know that I live?” 

“I know now that it is true!” 

“Doll, you are all my very own. You are the complement 
of my self-love. Dearest, there is no individual spirit, male 
or female, exists without its one eternal complement. The 
law of attraction will sooner or later bring them together. 
Our souls have always been brought together. According 
to science we were once two tiny flames of light. You were 
a dim, tiny, soft, white light. I was the stronger and brighter 
one. We could not be parted then. Your soul was then 
effeminate, my own always masculine. Dearest child, you 
will always be a lady, I a gentleman — man through eternity. 
We had no bodies then, we were all soul, dear. Just two lit- 
tle lights, imprisoned with a tiny globe of light, floating in 
a circle near the lovely, bright Pleiades. So the dear angels 
could watch over us and protect our souls. They have pro- 
tected us ever since and always will, dear. Some day, darl- 
ing, we will protect others. There is lots of work to do in 
our Master’s vineyard. We will love to work together; all 
angels do. In Heaven and all other stars where true soul- 
mates are united in holy marriage, they are called angels. In 
Mars we almost always see the two together. Sweetheart, 
our souls were living and shining in space together for cen- 
turies. All others are the same. God loves us more than 
we love Him. Our souls are very dear and can never, never 
be lost — that is an impossibility. We are one with Our 
Father in Heaven. Love, He has made us one for our im- 
mortal happiness. Our souls crave and constantly pray for 
eternal loving companionship. You are mine, for you and 


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I, dear, were in embryo in a globe of light, blended in har- 
mony, and kept together by magnetism for our own pro- 
tection; until the angels were sure our souls were perfect 
and would be immortal. Our immortality is very expensive, 
let us prize it and be grateful, prayerful and always happy. 
After our souls become very sensitive, strong, and highly 
magnetized, we are carried to earth and become human for 
the first time. All the rest of the time, our souls have been 
taking on immortality, and gradually growing. God created 
us, then magnetized us, in the beginning so we could find 
each other, and be united now. I have found you again, love, 
by the law of attraction. Dear, I will explain more clearly 
that angels send these sacred little twin-souls encased in 
globes of light to your earth by electricity on waves of ether 
through the heavens, down, down, safely to earth to live in 
mortal forms in order that we may obtain experience and 
knowledge. You are my immortal wife, my only love from 
this day on. Your dear guardian angel left you in America 
and me in India. Dear, angels sent the stork from door to 
door with you ; mothers were all too busy to keep you long, 
they did not know your value. Your mother longed and 
prayed for a child just like you. She has loved you and kept 
you close to her loving heart for sixteen years. Dear, I can 
see a light around your sweet, pretty head. Our minds or 
souls are still light. If mortals could only see the light. 
Many can see it clairvoyantly. Good night.’’ 


CHAPTER IX. 


A year has passed away. Ruth has not heard from Cresto, 
or even dreamed of him. All this time she has been doing 
all the good she could with her pen and dear old violin. 
Cathy de Bathe had gone to California to study music. Aunt 
Mary had just brought Ruth a letter from Cathy. 

“Here, honey, is a fat letter from youah sweetheart, Miss 
Ruth.’' 

“Thank you. Aunt Mary.” 

“My Own Darling Ruth: 

I was so glad to get your last letter. I am very sorry you 
do not have any more visions. I do. I keep it a secret, for 
my husband and his folks are all Adventists and do not be- 
lieve as you and I do. 

Forgive me, dear, for not telling you of my marriage before. 
I married for love and money; all California girls do. We 
are not so sweet and good as you are. My young husband 
is tall and handsome, with brown eyes, light curly hair, and 
weighs over two hundred pounds. You see, my dear, he is a 
dainty little California boy. His name is Addison MacRay. 
Addison gave me a lovely, modern bungalow. We have a 
smooth, velvety lawn in front. A great variety of hanging 
ferns on our large stone front porch; around this porch are 
many kinds of lovely roses, violets, ferns and other plants. 
There are two broad stone steps; on either side of the steps 
are massive square pillars on each of which is a drooping 
tropical plant. There is a great, large oak door, with four 
pretty, small windows. We have a long living room, with a 
sturdy old mission fireplace. Addison bought beautiful fur- 
niture for every room. There is a large dining room, and 
a cute little breakfast room. Our room is a dream — all in 
blue and white. Off from our little breakfast room is a large, 
sunny aviary filled with canary birds that sing all day long. 
My husband bought the birds in Paris. We have fruit, flowers 
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We gather fruit and flowers every day. We have imported 
chickens, doves and horses. We drive in the country every 
day. Please come and visit us for a few months. I want 
you to enjoy our new home. Ruth, come and see it for your- 
self, I haven’t time to tell you how beautiful it is. My dear, 
I have a few friends that come to our home twice a week, 
just to investigate the immortality of the soul. The name of 
our class is ^The Divinity Club.’ I have two new angels 
in my band, Asa and lone. Asa said he used to weigh two 
hundred pounds; now he only weighs seventy-five pounds. 
Now he and lone have a lovely home in Mars. His twin-soul, 
lone, is sweet and just as pretty and young as you are, Dolly 
dear. They both worship each other and look alike ; only Asa 
is much taller. lone told me a man on Mars would be eighty- 
three times stronger than a man on earth. And she said 
there was plenty of water from the wonderful canals to sup- 
ply every one. The red planet. Mars, is very interesting to 
me. Do you know much about it? Please tell me all you 
know about it, will you, dear? 

Lovingly, 

CATHY MACRAY. 

P. S. — Please write soon, love.” 

Addison and Cathy MacRay were the happiest couple in 
California, they were going to visit friends on Catalina Is- 
land. 

“Darling Addison, I hate to leave our new bungalow even 
to visit our best friends.” 

At San Pedro they found passageway on the boat Ca- 
brillo. The water was calm and brilliantly blue. They en- 
joyed watching the silvery flying fish on the way. Their 
friends were at the pier to meet them, Artemus Dawson, the 
inventor, Lemanuel Schwarze, Flora Thurston and her daugh- 
ter and son were in the party. Ana Marie Thurston was pretty, 
lively and full of fun. Mr. Dawson drove slowly up the 
steep hill to his quaint little home. All were tired and retired 
early. All of the guests were up early the next morning 
and ready to view the submarine gardens. Mr. Dawson owned 
a wonderful glass bottom boat — his own invention. Artimus 
used electricity as motive power. By touching a key the 
boat shot forward through the foam, producing strains of 
music. 

They looked down through the glass and saw every variety 
of fish — even gold fish. It was a fairyland of beauty, and 
we wondered if these fish had intelligence. These gardens 
are wonderful. They enjoyed their beds of stone and lovely 


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green, lacy blankets of soft, fluffy moss. Long, hanging ferns 
grew from their castles of rock. God has made a beautiful 
world for the fish to live in. The fish enjoy their wonderful 
homes. They obey the laws of Nature, hence they still live 
in the garden of Eden. The ugly fish were not jealous of the 
beautiful gold fish. They seemed to enjoy each other's so- 
ciety and live in harmony. How could they fight in such 
beautiful gardens? They enjoyed viewing these lovely gar- 
dens of the sea until nearly sun down. By the time they 
reached home they were all tired out. 

Ana Marie Thurston was a sweet, cheerful little blonde. 
She resembled her father, who was killed for the money he 
possessed when she was a small child. Albert Thurston was 
a psychic before he was killed. Ana Marie had a beautiful 
sister, who died in New Orleans at the age of fourteen. Eva 
Thurston was dark, tall and beautiful. Eva and her father 
developed Ana Marie until she was a wonderful phychic. 
Mrs. Thurston and Ana Marie were broken hearted when 
Eva died. 

Her friends began to plead with little Ana Marie to go 
into a trance, or see clairvoyantly for them. ‘‘My father and 
Eva tell me I can go into a trance and then I must retire." 

All wrote down everything she said. Ana Marie was con- 
trolled by her sweet, pretty sister Eva. “I am Eva, and my 
little sister will not remember a word I say, so please tell her 
all I say?" 

“Eva, dear, we will write every word and show her the 
notes." 

“Thank you. Please tell my little sister that my father 
and I love her and mamma more than ever. My father and 
I live in Mars now. I died a true Catholic. The first angel 
I saw was my father and his sweet companion. Mamma in 
a few years you and sister will get married and be happy. 
Mamma, please don’t cry so ; it hurts us and ruins your own 
health. We are with you the same as ever, and are not 
dead at all. 

“Mr. Dawson, your mother, Mary Dawson, is here and 
sends you all her love. 

“Mrs. Schwarze, your son George is here. He says he is 
in a fine school at Lastriste, a large city in Mars. He loves 
his school and companions. 

“Dear Cathy, I see many angels, with bright lights, around 
you and your husband. Eno, Cresto, Daisy, Asa and lone 
are here. Daisy is a lovely blonde, with very large blue eyes ; 
she has charge of many circles in California. Daisy is bright 
and cheerful, and does a great deal of good in the world. She 


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lives -with her grandparents in a lovely home in Mars. This 
home is a wonderful mansion, all stone, and furnished ele- 
gantly. She is a wonderful little artist. Her home is filled 
with beautiful paintings that she has produced by herself. 
She inspires many slightly talented people on earth to paint 
wonderfully. Daisy used to visit Cathy often. Once she 
gave Cathy a lovely pearl ring. Cathy saw this lovely ring, 
clairvoyantly.” 

“I do not know how to thank you for that beautiful ring, 
now, Daisy dear, please keep it for me until I go over there.” 

”1 will, dear Cathy. Cresto wants to talk to you now.” 

'‘Cathy, it will pay you to go home in a month. Pack your 
trunk again and visit your friend, Ruth. In a few months 
she will be killed by fear or lightning, in a terrible storm. 
The child needs you there, later you will need her; then she 
and I will come back and protect and help you. Can she go, 
Addison ?” 

“She may go as soon as we get home. I must go and look 
after my mines, anyway.” 

“Addison, you will find a rich gold mine, one mile east 
of the one you own now. Keep that mine all for your own. 
I give that to you for your kindness to Ruth.” 

“O, Cresto, I thank you with all my heart! I promise to 
go to Ruth as soon as you want me to.” 

“Enjoy your visit here first.” 

As Daisy loved painting, lone loved poetry. The poetess 
began in stately verse, 

“I have fed upon manna from heaven above; 

Have tasted the fruit of a wonderful love; 

I have looked on a land where the sun ever beams, 

And talked with the angels in mystical dreams; 

And though some visions may die'in their birth. 

They still leave the trail of their glory on earth.” 

lone read us other poems she had composed. Daisy asked 
if any of the clairvoyants could tell the color of their new 
dresses? Cathy could see that Daisy wore a pale blue silk, 
with fine lace trimming; lone a light yellow silk, trimmed in 
heavy, rich lace. Both wore rich jewels and golden sandals. 
The maidens from Mars were beautiful, and had long heavy 
golden hair. They wore lace undergarments of almost cob- 
web-like delicacy, so very fine that it cannot be pictured or 
imagined. Long white opera cloaks swept from their dresses. 
Their snowy, soft white veils looked like floating clouds in 


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the sunshine. Daisy wore daisies in her golden hair and at 
her waist. She was a perfect saint and did all the good she 
could on earth. We all adored her. Daisy said there are 
no hats in Mars, to make the hair come out ; they never wear 
or make corsets or high heels. There are no shoes there. 
They dress beautifully, with long robes, jewels, crowns, laces 
and sandals. They do not wear stockings. There are no 
fat, ill men or women there. They only eat one meal a day, 
and have not time to grow stout. Cresto now told Addison 
MacRay all his past. Addison was converted that night. 
He saw many bright lights. 

''Now that I have told you facts about your past, I will 
tell you some facts about Mars: Mars is a land of beauty — 
a land of love and sunshine, and music and flowers. We have 
two softly lighted moons, and many large, bright stars. We 
have no dark nights, our nights are only soft twilights. Our 
planet appears red from the earth, for we have more sun- 
light, more moonlight and electricity. We have our seasons 
the same as you have, but our days are longer than yours. 
Many of our flowers and vegetables are red in color. Our 
wonderful electric lights appear red from your world — they 
are all colors. 

“I weighed over two hundred pounds on earth, now I weigh 
seventy-five. We do not need any superfluous fat here. We 
must be very light and intelligent in order to fly. We float 
in the clouds and swim in real water; dance, laugh, ride, talk, 
and sing in the same manner as you do. As a soul advances 
from star to star, each one has a grand surprise awaiting 
them. I was surprised and happy to find out I could learn 
to float after my resurrection, and to know God has made an 
immortal companion for each one of us. Think of such in- 
finite love ! Adam and Eve were soul-mates. I soon found 
out here there was no eternal Hell. Some of the places in 
Purgatory are as terror-striking. After death, if one has lived 
a life of sin or idleness, he is cast into prison in Purgatory 
and bound and chained down for years away from all his 
loved ones. No one is kept in prison after death unless that 
person deserves to suffer. 

'|Many of my old friends are now living happy with their 
twin-souls in Venus, Mars and other stars. I love to hear 
them tell me of their homes and work. Gentlemen in other 
planets never wear beards, as it takes their mental strength; 
but they can send their double — a picture only — and appear 
with beards the same as in earth life. We have about one 
thousand wonderful canals, and over one thousand oases 


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43 


with little farms on them. Our great canals all have wonder- 
ful, large stone gates about every one thousand miles, so 
we can control the water. After harvest is over we let the 
water go back to the poles. The snow in winter keeps the 
beds of the canals pure. In this way we can live in Mars 
over one thousand years before we are transferred to a higher 
star. We must take good care of our health. We pray and 
keep in harmony with Our Creator’s Divine mind as near 
as possible. Our minds rule our physical condition. *As one 
thinketh, so is he.’ We are eighty-three times stronger than 
our loved ones on earth. Our atmosphere is pure and bracing 
and adapted entirely to our use. It is hard work for us to 
breathe on your earth. Eva has gone home to rest, while 
others take her place. All the conditions must be perfect 
for us to converse with you. Earth-bound spirits can talk 
longer, but they do not often give truths. It is a fact, we 
have all the water we need. We have all the wealth and 
land we can use. We do not use money, but give checks 
which amounts to the same thing. Every person gets full 
wages for their work. There are no peculiar vegetables or 
men on Mars, as has been stated in your papers. No immense 
eye grows to watch over us. God rules all worlds with His 
mind and with the help of His Holy angels. There is nothing 
crazy or odd where God rules. All insanity, all strange vege- 
tables and trees, etc., are in Purgatory, or on earth. Awful 
things happen where ignorant souls disobey Our Lord and 
sin. Good night.” 


CHAPTER X, 


‘T heard one night a whisper 
Of an angel, sweet and fair, 

Of a glorious, beautiful treasure. 

Of a lovely child of care. 

She was mine, so the angels told me, 

I knew it over there; 

I heard it once in evening 
So gentle and so rare.” 

— Frank Burke. 

Addison and Cathy were at home, having just returned 
from their trip, when both heard this song in the air close 
to them. 

“Cathy, dear, I hear the song, but I do not see the singer.” 

“I saw Cresto singing near us.” 

“Addison that is a song I composed for Ruth. Cathy, 
please do not wear black at her grave, or mourn for her; she 
will be so happy with me. Please try to remember this little 
verse : 

“There’s no destroying death frost here. 

To nip the hope buds ere they bloom; 

The bridal tour is through the spheres ; 

Eternity the honeymoon.” 

Addison, you will be too busy to get lonely while Cathy is 
gone. Your new mine will keep you very busy, and in time 
will make you a very rich man.” 

“I will give one-half of all I have to my Cathy to do as 
she pleases with.” 

“You will both put the money in a good cause.” 

A week later Ruth was holding Cathy in her arms. “O ! 
Cathy, do you love me so much as to leave your husband 
and lovely new bungalow, just to visit me, dear?” 


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“Yes, Doll, I love you just that much, and a thousandfold 
more. Ruth, dear, let’s spend a month in talking and laugh- 
ing our heads off? I have been so busy the rest and fun 
will do me good.” 

“Cathy, I wish I could tell you how happy your visit has 
made me.” 

“You dear little sweetheart, I love you!” 

“My sweet Cathy!” 

“Here is a letter, honey, for Mrs. Cathy MacRay.” 

“O! thank you. Aunty Mary.” 

“Ruth it is from my husband. I will read it to you, dear.” 
“Please do if it is a love leter.” 

“My Dear Cathy, my own darling wife : 

I was very anxious to find out if Cresto knew about that 
mine. So after I kissed you good bye I took the next train 
out to hunt up the mine. I found it just where he said I 
would. I find the mine very rich. All he said is true. Find- 
ing this mine is a wonderful test for me. Please have a good 
time and enjoy your old friends. I will send you five hun- 
dred dollars to enjoy with Ruth. So go where you please and 
be happy. I am very busy now. I will write more next time. 
Please write soon. With love and a thousand kisses. 

Your husband, 

ADDISON.” 

“Ruth, isn’t he a darling to send me so much money without 
my ever asking for a cent? We will spend this money to- 
gether, my sweet Doll. Tomorrow we will go to New Or- 
leans and buy some pretty dresses and get some new books. 
I am so tired I must go to sleep now.” 

Ruth was only partly asleep when she heard this song in her 
room. lone had taught the sweet song to Cathy and she was 
now singing it softly. The sweet tune was more beautiful 
than the words. She never had heard such wonderful music: 

“I sat anticipating, yet awed, with that instinct alert. 
Dreading but longing for I knew not what; 

While he with the still swiftness, that bespeaks the All stirred 
within. 

Glided beside me; 

And with tender arms around and about me, like the will o’ 
the wisp. 

He drew me closely to his loving breast; 

And he kissed me, and he kissed me. 


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In that gentle way, 

Till the magic thrills, one after another 

Opened wide all the closed up avenues of my soul. 

And in a delirium of ecstatic joy. 

My being heaved and heaved like the billows of an ocean 
roused from its rest. 

As if the elements had loosened their festive whirlwinds in a 
game of life and death; 

O love ! O joy ! Immortal bliss ! 

This was a kiss, a kiss! 

That stirred the nerve fluids till they seemed like ruby wine 
aflame in my veins. 

And he grew so tender and loving, that it was as if an abyss 
had swallowed us up in its mystic fold; 

The hazardous past was forgotten. 

Faded away from the hallowed now; 

The present enough, O love’s tremulous ecstacy! 

Life was veiled in a rosy mist of enchanted bliss. 

O glory of glories ! 

The fairies had transported us to their love paradise center, 
uniting our souls with a kiss! A kiss!” 


lone sang and prayed with the young girls until they fell 
asleep. lone was a perfect saint. 

Cresto came again to Ruth that night in her dreams. I, 
Ruth, felt myself being lifted up gently. I saw dear Cathy 
there below me sleeping soundly. I wanted to take her with 
me. Cresto said she was not developed enough to go this 
time. I reached out my arms to take her anyway. Suddenly 
I was forced rapidly up, up, into terrible space again. Soon 
I saw the light again. Cresto asked me if I would like to 
go with him and see some of the beautiful homes and see 
more of the canals? 

'‘Yes, I would love to go.” 

“Doll, you may tell Cathy all about your visit, dear to- 
morrow, she is not strong enough to be away so long.” 

We stopped on one of the farms in Mars. I saw a lovely 
swimming pool, a big, fine home, and many beautiful flowers 
in the front yard. Lovely fruits and nuts, and vegetables in 
the back. Some of the tops of the vegetables and many of the 
flowers were red. All the farms we saw looked perfect. I 
soon saw that honest scientific farming was fashionable in 
Mars. 

“O Cresto, dear, our own Luther Burbank will be in his 
glory as soon as he comes here.” 


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47 


“Dear, there are many Burbanks in other worlds, and many 
Edisons, too. The pure, cool, fresh air feels so refreshing and 
invigorating. Doll, the mountains used to be very high here 
but for years the Martians have cut the tops off to fill up 
the hollow places.” 

“Our mountains are valuable cultivated hills now. There 
are only a few high peaks left. The grass on the hills looked 
lighter than ours. All flowers are more beautiful here and 
have more colors. Lovely birds sing sweetly early and late. 
O ! Cresto, look at those lovely bright rainbows in the dis- 
tance !” 

“Darling, you see the lights of a beautiful city called 
Lastriste, it looks from here as if it were many beautiful 
rainbows — the rainbows looked as if they had a thousand 
different colors.” 

I saw new shades of blue, green, violet and red, all mingled 
in one grand, glorious glimmering light. It is all lighted by 
wonderful electric lights. In this large city there are lovely 
flowers and trees around the temples and each home. No 
two houses are close together, even in the large cities. 

“Ruth, my darling girl, the sun rises in beauty here and sets 
in more grandeur and glory than you have just witnessed. 
Our sunlight is bright and more vivacous than on earth. Our 
nights seem like twilight. Our darkest midnight in summer 
is only a soft calm, gentle, subtle, twilight. Our clouds float 
very high ; we see each beautiful design distinctly. Science 
and our many trees cause the rain to come periodically. We 
have summer and winter, seed time and harvest, the same 
as you do. We live a simple life here. We love one another 
and help each other all we can. All those who own farms 
here are educated ; they study agriculture, and gradually 
work their way to wealth and happiness. A farmer here is 
loved in the same manner as a banker or king on earth, only 
more. 

“Our temples, our schools are free. We are happy. We 
have no slaves. Work is an honor here. Most commerce is 
carried on by means of these wonderful connecting canals — 
many great minds have worked on these perfect canals for 
years. These canals are the direct causes of our great wealth. 
The rich could control the waters of the earth the same as 
we do, in time. The money used for war alone would do 
it. Our big airships, our boats, our cars, are all propelled by 
electrical energy. Our airships carry from ten to one hun- 
dred people at once. All airships can sail very high or low. 
Many airships are made just for two, — just for lovers. I will 
order a little airship for two now, mentally. Darling, you 


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see I do not need to hunt up a telephone. All Martians carry 
their own telephones in their heads. Long distance doesn't 
cost us a cent. There are about ten beautiful live salty 
oceans here. Remember, dear, there is a natural law in all 
spiritual worlds. All water and land here is now under per- 
fect control. Now, babe, I will show you from our airship 
the mighty net work of our vast great canals running from 
pole to pole, from north to south. Near the center of Mars 
they also run from east to west to irrigate little farms. High 
gates control these canals. Our Martians are wonderful en- 
gineers. These great gates are raised by wonderful machinery 
and operated by electricity. Doll, our public schools are still 
more wonderful and more numerous than the canals. Why 
not? We are a little higher than the earth; a little nearer 
Heaven. Dear, we are traveling at the rate of 186,280 miles 
a second, about as fast as wireless telegraphy. We are float- 
ing in space on electric waves and can travel as fast as thought. 
Earth-bound souls cannot travel at all beyond the first plane ; 
they are wicked and have wasted their energy in sin and idle- 
ness. Come, Doll, my sweet child, and put your pretty, soft 
arms around my neck and kiss me, and I will show you the 
lovely sacred temple where our own future marriage cere- 
mony will be performed as soon as you come home to me. 
Without law there is no happiness." 

“O Cresto, I wish I could always stay here in your arms." 

"‘Some day you can, pet. Your future happiness is very 
sacred to me, love. Here is the temple." 

“O! darling, is it a real true church? What perfect Chris- 
tians you must be to build such a lovely high temple to 
worship in?" 

“Darling child, there is no temple in any star, no matter 
how beautiful or rich that temple may be, is perfect enough 
to worship God in. Doll, next to my Father I love you — my 
own love, Doll ! I hold the perfect mating of two souls. 

“Through blended love, to be the sum of bliss; 

Long as Eternity rolls. 

“My lovely child, my own Ruth, I will take you to my 
mother’s home and introduce you to her; her name is Helios, 
my father’s name is Rupert; my mother is a sweet little 
blonde. I am the perfect picture of my father. She is keep- 
ing a few jewels I have bought for you, pet. The others you 
may select for yourself when you come." 

We soon came to a lovely, large country home, with beauti- 
ful flowers and a lawn. The side porch was covered with 
large black grapes. On the back porch hung dark red grapes. 


RUTH'S MARRIAGE IN MARS. 


49 


among yellow and white roses. On the left is a driveway, 
on the right is a small lake, a bath house, and a large swim- 
ming pool. We found Helios feeding the graceful pet swans 
and ducks on the lake. She was a pretty, dainty little woman, 
who led us into the house to her private rooms. Helios took 
out a small casket from her large cedar chest, and handed 
it to Cresto. He showed her a lovely diamond engagement 
ring, — the stone was perfect; a rope of large pearls with a 
brilliant ruby pendant. Cresto wound the pearls around Ruth’s 
small, white neck several times; a marvelous little watch, in- 
laid with emeralds and diamonds, Cresto’s picture was en- 
graved inside, the watch hung on a delicate, long gold chain ; 
there were all kinds of perfect rings, a handsome ruby brace- 
let, two big butterfly ruby pins, a beautiful yellow amber 
colored diamond necklace ; at last a stately, pure gold crown 
inlaid with pink pearls and diamonds. 

“Doll, I will place the tiara on your lovely head soon as 
you are my bride.” 

Cresto took a heavily chased bottle and asked me to drink 
to our health, and wealth. It was a large, heavy quart-sized 
bottle. As soon as Cresto removed the crystal stopper it 
foamed like liquid air. It was full of electricity. It was 
sparkling and had the piquant taste of champagne. 

“Babe, you will drink this as a tonic here instead of hot 
tea and coffee. Doll, my love, please drink some more of 
this new ambrosia. We have different kinds of ambrosia here, 
dear.” 

“Cresto, I never tasted anything so delicious. We also 
have a liquid copperas that is used as a tonic. It takes a 
highly educated chemist to make these mineral beverages.” 

The paper napkins were soft as silk — they burn all paper 
napkins and handerchiefs when soiled. They only eat one 
small meal a day. The bread is slightly like our cakes in 
taste. It is airiated sweet bread, filled with ground nuts and 
dried fruit. 

“Ruth, my pet, we eat all kinds of delicious fresh fruit and 
nuts. We drink milk and use lots of eggs. Sweetheart, you 
have been gone a long time. I must take you home.” 

We began to float upward in space. O ! it is heaven to soar 
so high. 

“We use mind power to float. The more intelligent the 
spirit, the better they can soar,” said Cresto. 

It was a strange new happiness to float in space with a 
man you respect and worship. 


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RUTH’S MARRIAGE IN MARS. 


“It was long and long ago our love began; 

It is something all unmeasured by Time’s span; 

In an era and a spot, by the modern world forgot; 

We were lovers, ere God named us Maid and Man. 

Like the memory of music made by streams. 

All the beauty of that other life seems. 

But I always thought it so, and at last I know, I know. 

We were lovers in the land of Silver Dreams. 

O, the land of Silver Dreams all about us shines and gleams, 
Where we loved before God fashioned night and day. 

We were souls in eerie, minds made of light; 

Our love wings could speed from height to height. 

All was glory, love and light, light with out a night.” 

Cresto sang these soul-stirring words to me while he was 
holding me in his strong arms and carrying me home. 


CHAPTER XL 


Will those Visions come again 
O, I long to soar back to Mars, 

To live in a better land than ours ; 

To be loved by him always the same. 

‘‘O, Cathy, what a lovely, impulsive bride you are!” 

The girls were deeply in love with each other. Ruth was 
reading to Cathy on the front porch, both being seated in a 
low-swinging hammock. 

These dear, sweet companions had been laughing and talk- 
ing over their new dresses, and reading all day. Cathy wore 
a dainty blue lawn; Ruth was dressed all in pure white — she 
felt happiest when dressed in white. 

Suddenly the clouds turned black. An awful storm was 
brewing. The lightning came down in fiery forked tongues, 
and lighted up the awful darkness. The tall, graceful pines 
swayed and moaned. They bowed their haughty heads nearly 
to the earth. At times the whole country seemed on fire with 
brilliant phosphorescent lights. The storm blasts were furious 
in their battle with the pines of the forest. It would seem 
that the storm fiends were angry at the stability, solidity, and 
placidity of mother earth. 

Ruth and Cathy had just finished reading Milton's Paradise 
Lost. As they were seriously discussing this masterpiece, 
there was a sudden, terrific flash of lightning that blinded 
the girls a moment; it shocked Cathy, she was afraid and 
could not speak or move. She remembered now all Cresto 
told her on the island of Catalina. Half-stunned, she stared 
wildly about her, grasping the edge of the hammock for 
support. Slowly her head turned with ominous foreboding 
to a white heap on the porch. Poor Catherine’s bosom welled 
within her. The emotion seemed too great for human en- 
durance. She sank forward on the body with a heartrending 


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sob. She remained a helpless, convulsed heap on the dead. 
Fear alone had killed our delicate little Ruth, who had been 
suffering for days from heart trouble, unknown to all. Again 
the lightning flashed. Cathy saw in front of her as plain as 
a human, a tall, dark, handsome young gentleman, with love- 
ly, flowing white robes, full of light, bend over Ruth’s lifeless 
form. Another bright flash of lightning and she distinctly 
saw the lovely Ruth all in gauzy, fluffy, shimmering, pure 
white, her robes full of light, too — by Cresto’s side, smiling. 

“O ! I never saw such dazzling, clinging, beautiful golden 
white robes on any one as Ruth now wore. She looked like 
a fairy bride, much smaller than she looked yesterday. I 
wondered if any angel in Heaven could dress more beautiful ? 
It is worth a fortune just to see this wonderful sight! I am 
glad I came to see this resurrection of Ruth. I thank God 
for my clairvoyance now. O ! how lovely to know there is 
no death ! Cresto and his sweet mother wound a thin, long 
white silk veil around her head and shoulders. For a mo- 
ment Cresto held her close to his heart. He kissed her ten- 
derly and lovingly. Then the two smiled and waved their 
fairy hands good bye at me. For the first time I saw Ruth 
and Cresto were not alone. Cresto’s mother and many an- 
gels were leading the band. I saw them distinctly rise higher 
and higher, up, up, into the dark clouds. They floated away 
from life’s storms and the clouds and all darkness; away 
from cold death, to immortal life ; away into God’s bright blue 
sunlight I” 

As she watched the lovely golden white robes float away in 
the distance, Cathy raised her arms in prayer. 

“O! my Divine eHavenly Father and His Holy Angels, 
Will Thou resurrect me to immortality? Will Thou protect 
me and those I love, and keep my soul pure? May I prove 
there is no death to others and serve Thee, My God, faithfully 
through all eternity? Amen.” 

That lonely, dark, stormy night Cathy cried and sobbed 
for her lovely Ruth. O ! how terrible to be all alone at the 
hour of death! 

Cathy’s great sorrow was darker than the night. Abso- 
lutely exhausted from crying she fell asleep and dreamed 
she saw Ruth’s sylph-like form. She was dressed the same 
as she was that night of her glorious resurrection. Ruth, pale 
and trembling, stood gazing vacant-eyed, on the immensity 
of nature. As each stroke flashed, Cathy shrieked in terror. 
Ruth stood pale and motionless with head uplifted and nostrils 


RUTH’S MARRIAGE IN MARS. 


53 


dilated in the ecstacy of the moment, the light of heaven 
beamed across her soulful face. Her body became brilliantly 
illuminated, the pines could be dimly seen through her al- 
most transparent figure. She lifted her fragile arms heaven- 
ward and slowly ascended, the glory shining around her. 

A month later Cathy went home to her husband, to love, to 
comfort and to happiness. There is no happiness like a hus- 
band’s immortal love; perfect love never dies. 


CHAPTER XII. 


“ ’Tis told somewhere in Eastern story 
That those who loved once blossomed as flowers 
On the same stem, amid the glory 
Of Eden’s green and fragrant bowers ; 

And that, though parted oft by fate 
Yet when the glow of life is ended, 

Each soul again shall find its mate. 

And in one bloom again be blended.” 

Addison MacRay was now a very rich man ; he and Cathy 
are perfectly happy in their bungalow. They took charge of 
The Divinity Club and held three large circles every week. 
The members of The Divinity Club were all highly educated 
and refined. It had been a long, long time before she ever 
saw Cresto and Ruth. At the club that night Addison and 
Cathy were overjoyed and surprised at once more seeing 
Cresto and Ruth. The club soon learned to understand 
Cresto by thought transference. 

'‘O Ruth, dear, why have you stayed away so long? Mv 
Doll ! !” 

'‘My darling, sweet Cathy, we came here often but could 
not make our presence known. You did not make the right 
conditions for us to show ourselves and talk. Your club is 
lovely and we are regular members. My dear child, if you 
keep the conditions like this we will come often and help 
you. Darling Cathy, after my glorious transmission, Cresto 
and I were married in a lovely temple on Mars. Cresto ^ 
showed me the very temple once in a vision. He often took 
me to Mars on long pleasure trips before my transmission. 

In my visions I saw all things dimly, compared to all I see 
and know now. I see all the beautiful scenery more clearly 
now. Cathy, I wish you could see our lovely home in Mars, 
and all the lovely jewels Cresto and my friends gave me. 

I cannot begin to tell you how happy and busy I am. I often 


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55 


see my old school mates. We have so many dear friends' 
we enjoy with all our hearts. We love more in Mars than 
you do on earth. In Mars we daily practice our Saviour’s 
words to ‘Love one another.’ My dear friends, love and 
work will bring wealth and heaven to all dear, precious souls 
on earth. Cathy dear, Cresto wants to tell you more about 
our marriage in Mars.” 

“The great, tall, massive, and handsome temple was deco- 
rated in long white rosebuds, and pink and white primroses, 
their fragrance filled the temple. The pure white altar was 
banked with fragrant lillies, mingled with cool, delicate ferns. 
Little above the altar hung a large white cross of perfect tube- 
roses, interwoven with tiny white and gold candles; each lit- 
tle candle was lighted with many-colored lights. Hundreds of 
our old friends from India and America were there, singing 
around Eno, who was playing the immense pipe organ ; their 
dear voices sounded as sweetly as those of the cherubims. 
The great organ was partly played by electricity. After the 
music the ceremony was performed by a Catholic priest. 

“We sailed to our new home in white aluminum airships, 
decorated with white roses and golden butterflies, and long, 
narrow white ribbons hung down from the airships and floated 
gracefully in the bright sunlight. My beautiful little mother 
entertained us with music, dancing, and a perfect feast of 
fruit, nuts, cakes that looked like snowy ambrosia from 
heaven ; sweet, sparkling nectar, made from the juice of red 
grapes filled the glasses. The long tables were richly deco- 
rated with rosebuds and light green ferns. Ruth wore her 
gold crown for the first time; she was dressed in her ascen- 
sion robes and a long white, dainty bridal veil. The veil was 
pinned on her long, heavy curly hair with little diamond 
butterflies which Helios gave her. Ruth was a dream of 
beauty and looked about sixteen, — all are young after their 
transmission. Friends, our wedding ceremony was beautiful 
and very sacred. Our priest was a very high angel, he had 
once been a Pope of Rome, he was perfect. 

“We had our marriage certificate framed just like your 
own. That day was a perfect golden day of love and sun- 
shine. That day our souls were overflowing with joy. Such 
happiness and love is never experienced on earth. That beau- 
tiful day the birds sang sweeter melodies than ever, the heav- 
ens were brighter, hearts were lighter. Souls were dearer 
than ever to us, the music more melodious. We could feel 
the presence of our dear Saviour and His Holy Angels sweet- 
ly smiling down upon us. All hearts are linked together over 


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56 BUTH^S MABEIAGE IN MAES. 


there in one grand, strong immortal golden chain of eternal 
love. Perfect pure love is the most sublime emotion that 
man or angel ever experienced. 

Saints pray for love, love, love, 

To give us sunshine from above; 

They hear our prayers with loving smiles. 

Tenderly helping in all our trials. 

Praying for us to love, love, love. 

The stars are shining love, love, love. 

Souls are pining for love, love, love; 

Mind is linked to mind as one for all time. 

Hearts beat in love-rhythm sublime 
Singing love, love, love. 

May we love, love, love, 

As they do in stars above; 

If we send an earnest prayer from the soul 
To own our own, to love and to hold, 

God will send us love, love, love. 


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